- Choose Edit, User Preferences.
- Click the Password tab.
- Click Password.
- Type a new password.
- Type the password again to verify it.
- Click OK.
Notes
When connected to a P6 Professional database:
- If the Enable password policy setting is selected in the Password Policy field of the Admin Preferences dialog box, you must enter a password that is between 8 and 20 characters and contains at least one number and one letter.
- If the Enable password policy setting is not selected, enter a password between 1 and 20 characters long.
When connected to a P6 EPPM database:
- When the Password Policy is disabled in Application Settings in P6, the password must be between 1 and 20 characters. P6 does not allow blank passwords.
- When the Password Policy is enabled in Application Settings in P6, the password must be between 8 and 20 characters and contain at least one number and one letter.
- If P6 Professional is running in LDAP authentication mode, password management is handled through the directory server. You cannot change your password through the module and the Password tab does not appear in the User Preferences dialog box.
- If P6 Professional is connected to a Cloud Connect database, password management is handled through P6. You cannot change your password through P6 Professional and the Password tab does not appear in the User Preferences dialog box.
- Passwords are case-sensitive.
- Passwords that were set before the new password policy was enabled are valid and usable.
- Passwords are required.